Retrograde tracker
Which planet is retrograde right now, at what degree, and when it turns direct. Station dates with times. No account.
Turns retrograde: the planet starts to appear to move backwards. Turns direct: it moves forwards again. All times are in UTC.
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 28°53′♈︎ Aries 26°53′
- Mars76 days♋︎ Cancer 6°07′♊︎ Gemini 17°53′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 23°04′♍︎ Virgo 13°06′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 24°54′♒︎ Aquarius 9°29′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 23°21′♊︎ Gemini 14°44′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 7°02′♓︎ Pisces 4°15′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 29°51′♈︎ Aries 27°52′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 21°00′♈︎ Aries 14°09′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 0°19′♈︎ Aries 26°21′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 23°52′♎︎ Libra 8°29′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°06′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°49′
Retrograde motion is apparent, not actual: as Earth overtakes a planet in its faster orbit, the planet appears to move backwards against the stars for a while. This page states dates, times and degrees, and nothing else. A station date says nothing about anyone's week, and it is not pretended otherwise here.
Mercury retrograde: 29 Jan – 20 Feb; 29 May – 22 Jun; 26 Sept – 17 Oct
Venus retrograde: 26 Nov – 6 Jan 1851
Mars retrograde: 9 Nov 1849 – 24 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 7 Jan – 10 May
Saturn retrograde: 2 Aug – 17 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 5 Aug – 4 Jan 1851
Neptune retrograde: 9 Jun – 15 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 29 Jul 1849 – 10 Jan; 30 Jul – 11 Jan 1851
One row per body. The thin line is the year's course; the thick coloured band marks the days it ran retrograde. Dates are UTC.
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